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NGC3346

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:43:38.7
Declination: +14:52:20
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, vL, R, vgvlbM, er
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3346

17.5" (3/12/94): fairly faint, fairly large, slightly elongated E-W, 3.0'x2.5', fairly low almost even surface brightness, just a weak broad concentration.  A pair of mag 11-12 stars are 2.6' WSW and 3.5' due west.